Janina Gavankar who is reported to be dating Simon Cowell (Tai Urban/WENN)

The X Factor judge seems to have an eye for beautiful brunettes. He’s been previously linked to Carmen Electra and has been in relationships with Terri Seymour and 80’s singer Sinitta.

Notorious for dating so many women and not settling down, the Syco boss was almost heading away from the bachelor lifestyle and became engaged to make-up artist Mezhgan Hussainy, which ended earlier this year.

Simon Cowell with Mezhgan Hussainy before he broke off their engagement (Ivan Nikolov/WENN)

Last year, he admitted paying off ex-girlfriends after splitting with them. In an interview with The Guardian, he said: "You can’t have somebody in your life who’s become accustomed to a certain thing, and just because you don’t want to be in the relationship any more say to them, now everything is cut off. That doesn’t make sense."

Gavankar has previously dated DeviantArt CEO Angelo Sotira for several years after breaking up in 2010.